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Removing boundaries, losing connections: electoral consequences of local government reform in Japan / Horiuchi, Yusaku; Saito, Jun; Yamada, Kyohei   Article
Horiuchi, Yusaku Article
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Summary/Abstract In this article we examine the role of local politicians in affecting national-level election outcomes by focusing on the drastic municipal mergers in Japan that took place in the early 2000s. Specifically, we argue that the political party that relies most extensively on local politicians' efforts for electoral mobilization and monitoring will suffer an electoral slump when municipalities are merged and the number of municipal politicians is swiftly reduced. We empirically show that municipalities with a history of mergers exhibit significantly lower voter turnout and obtain a smaller vote share for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in national elections when compared to other municipalities without an experience of mergers. This result indicates that municipal politicians are indispensable human resources for LDP candidates running for the national parliament.
Key Words Decentralization  ;  Election  ;  Japan  ;  LDP  ;  Local Regime  ;  Municipal Merger 
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Why do non-partisans challenge parties in local politics: the (extreme) case of Poland / Gendzwill, Adam; Zoltak, Tomasz   Journal Article
Gendzwill, Adam Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract The article concentrates on recent successes of non-partisans (independents) in Polish local government. A majority of mayors and councillors remains unaffiliated with any party-in this respect Poland is an outlier among European countries. The article examines both the factors determining the cross-national variation in the level of local government partyness and those causing the differences between the municipalities. The analyses of local elections held in 2006 and 2010 demonstrate that non-partisans' successes are primarily due to the previous election results (the advantage of incumbency); a possible 'partisan offensive' to colonise new resources in local politics is sluggish.
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